Daily Archives: March 8, 2011

Power cut update

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

Well according to the Central Network there 502 customers effected by the power cut which represents 90% of faults on their system. The thing that is so frustrating is that in the near distance there are street lights and house lights on. Grrgh. I… Continue reading →

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Power cut

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

Deep joy we’ve just suffered a power cut! I am reduced to blogging and surfing on the iPhone at 3G speeds. Oh the injustice of it all. I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk I hope … Continue reading →

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Trying to make sense of all these isms

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

The more galleries and art I see the more my head has been befuddled by the different groups, styles and titles, Cubism or post expressionism or pointillism etc ( as you can see I have been looking at at lot of late 19th and early 20th century art… Continue reading →

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The female face

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

I’ve been trying to understand the female face over the past few days- this is not some sort of mars and Venus experiment but rather to better understand how to improve my drawings. The problem for me has been trying to draw Nicole Kidman from the… Continue reading →

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Leicester City Council – Communion

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

via leicester.gov.uk A wonderful little exhibition interesting pastel work, something I’m interested in at the moment. Small, compact and will leave you with an urge to work with pastels or is that just me? Probably. Continue reading →

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